Drawer-support.



No. 702,389, Patented lune I7, 1902.

F. 0. ANDERSON.

DRAWER SUPPORT.

(Application flied July 5, 1901.)

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No. 702,389. Patented lune I7, I902.

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INVENTOI? me new: rr'rans no mo U ITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE;

FRANK O. ANDERSON, OF JAMESTOVN, NEW YORK.

DRAWER-SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters BatentNo. 702,389, dated June 17,1902.

Application filed July 5, 1901. Eerial No. 67,097. No modeLl T0 aZZwhom'it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK O. ANDERSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at'Jamestown, county of Chautauqua, and State of New York, haveinvented a new and useful Drawer- Support, of which the following is aspecification. y

Myinvention relates to dressers, com modes, or any pieces of furniture,or store-fixtures and the like wherein drawers are used; and

.the objects of myimprovements are, first, to

provide a single piece as a support and guide for each drawer end;second, to leave the front ends of said guide-supports free to movesidewise, allowing the ways of the guide-supports freedom to adaptthemselves to the drawer ends and avoid binding in guidingthe drawer;third, to let the front ends of said supports act as stops for thedrawer-front. Thus this part, which I usually make in a single piece,acts as a support, stop, and single or double guide for the drawer,makes a stronger and cheaper frame, does away with all binding of thedrawer, and insures an easyrunning drawer. I attain these objects asshown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a frontelevation of dresser with three drawers out and two in section, showingthe front ends of my single guide-support. Fig. 2 is a side elevation ofdrawer-support attached to asection of the end of dresser and supportinga section of the drawer end. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of a singleguide drawersupport and lower corner of drawer. Fig. 4 is a plan View offront end of central support for half-length drawers. Fig. 5 is asectional view of center support. Fig. 6 is a sectional View of dresserfrom the rear having double guide-supports. Fig. 7 is an enlarged detailsectional view of double guide-support. Figs. 8 and 9 show onemodification, and Fig. 10 a second modification, of my guide-support asmade with more than one piece. Fig. 11 is a side elevation of front endof double guidesupport. Fig. 12 is a plan View of drawer-support withcase in section.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts in the several views.

10 is my single guide drawer-support as I usually prefer to make it, inone piece, which piece is usually attached at its rear end to up- 16,(see Figs. 2, 6, and 12,) to fit said groove and keep piece 10 fromrising up, yet allowing the front end of piece 10 to move slightlysidewise and adjust itself to the dimensions of the drawerin guidingthesame. The front end 15 of guide 10 extends out on the upper side ofcross-piece 14 as a support for the drawer-front and also to serve as astop for the drawer-front 20 in place of the usual glued blocks ordowels. I prefer to hollow out or groove the upper side of piece 10, asat 17, and around the lower edge of drawer end 21 to fit groove 17, sothat it will work freely therein. A tongue, 26 (see Fig. 8) might beused in place of groove 17 and a groove corresponding to tongue 26 cutin the lower edge of drawer 21 and not depart from my invention. Centraldrawer-support 19, for half.- length drawers, is made with two grooves17 and fits about the center-post 18, holding the support firmly inplace. The front end of piece 19 may hetongued and grooved the same aspiece 10, and the rear end of piece 19 is att'ached in any suitablemanner.

22 is the drawer-bottom.

10 is my double guide-support, having groove 17 in the upper edge andgroove 17' in the under edge. The upper and under edges of drawer end 21are rounded to work in grooves 17 and 17. Part 10' is made wide enoughto extend the guide or groove above and below cross-piece 14 of thedresser-frame and is attached at the rear end, the same as 1 singleguide 10, the front end of 10' extending out on the upper and undersides of crosspiece 14, forming a stop 15 on each side of saidcross-piece and doing away with the necessity of tongue and groove 16for piece 10. (See Fig. 11.) Guide 17' is of special utility in largeheavy drawers. When a large drawer is drawn nearly out and the front endsags down, it rises from guide 17 at the rear end and does not run astrue. With double guides 17 and 17 when-the rear end of drawer risesfrom guide 17, it presses into guide 17 and must run true and free.

Supports 10 and 10 might be made of two or more pieces 23 23 or 24 and25, (see Figs. 6 and 7,) and if the front end were free to move sidewiseit would serve my purpose, though it would not be as cheap or strong aconstruction.

It will be recognized that if the pieces 10 10 were firmly nailed to thedresser-frame at their rear end and the front end left free for sidewisemovement there would be a slight sidewise spring or giving of the piecewhen force Was applied. Thus, if the two supports would each give asixteenth of an inch at front end they would accommodate a variance ofone-eighth of an inch in the draw of the drawer. My device is notexpected to accommodate mistakes as to size of the drawers. Its main aimis to take care of that common variation caused by the shrinking andswelling of the wood from atmospheric change, which causes even the bestbuilt drawers to stick.

I claim as new 1. A drawer-support havingits upper edge formed as aguide for the under edge of the drawer end, the rear end of said supportattached and the front end supported and left free for lateraladaptation to the drawer end, a suitable case or frame for mounting saidsupport, substantially as shown.

2. A drawer-support having its upper and under edges formed as a guidefor the upper and under edges of drawer ends, the rear end of saidsupport attached and the front end Supported and left free for lateraladaptation to the drawer end, a suitable case or frame for mounting saidsupport, substantially as shown.

3. Drawer-supports consisting of a single strip for each drawer end,saidstrip grooved on its upper edge and having its, rear end attachedand the front end'supported and free for lateral adaptation to thedrawer end, a suitable case or frame for mounting said support,substantially as shown.

4. Drawer-supports consisting of a single strip for each drawer end,said strip grooved on its upper and under edges to receive the top andbottom of drawer ends and having its rear end attached and the front endsupported and free for lateral adaptation to the drawer end, a suitablecase or frame for mounting said support, substantially as shown.

5. Adrawer-supportconsistingofagrooved strip a suitable case or framefor mounting said support, the rear end of said strip attached to theframe and the front end sup ported and free to move sidewise for lateraladaptation to the drawer end, said front end extended out as adrawer-stop, substantially as shown and described.

6. In dressers, commodes and like pieces of furniture, the frame havingthe front crosspiece, grooved on its inner side, a single strip for adrawer-end support attached to said frame at the rear end, said stripgrooved on its upper side and having a tongue to fit said groovein saidfront cross-piece, the front end of said strip left free for lateraladaptation to the drawer end, said front end extended out as adrawer-stop, substantially as shown and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANK O. ANDERSON.

Witnesses:

' MILO HARRIS,

ALMEDA C. BERLIN.

